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13. Utter BS

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 09:50 AM

Oct 2022

Last edited Sun Oct 9, 2022, 04:06 PM - Edit history (1)

I am a dentist who works in both Philadelphia and Delaware County Pennsylvania. The dental health of Philadelphia children whose water is fluoridated is excellent even if they only sporadically brush their teeth. The dental health of children in Delaware county whose water is NOT fluoridated is frightening bordering on dento-apocalyptic. The number of children I have seen with rampant caries down there is massive child abuse as far as I’m concerned.

I have never in all the years I’ve been in Philadelphia seen a child or a teenager, not once, who had that kind of decay leading to infection and tooth loss.

I’m sick of this shit.

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Town employee quietly lowered fluoride in water for years [View all] dalton99a Oct 2022 OP

Probably a Federalist Society supporter Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #1

Looks like Santa has been reading too much 'woo' propaganda. CurtEastPoint Oct 2022 #2

Get a fluoride treatment at the dentist pandr32 Oct 2022 #3

Note kcr Oct 2022 #10

Utter BS PCIntern Oct 2022 #13

My children never had cavities. pandr32 Oct 2022 #24

You had more than PCIntern Oct 2022 #25

Definitely fluorosis. pandr32 Oct 2022 #33

QED malaise Oct 2022 #29

Do some research on the impact of tooth decay on children's lives. yardwork Oct 2022 #16

The point here Mad_Machine76 Oct 2022 #42

In 2012 water works employees in Gilbert AZ just stopped adding fluoride to the water. QED Oct 2022 #4

Asshole. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #5

It's a thing MissB Oct 2022 #6

Flouride in water is a long time right wing obsession. thucythucy Oct 2022 #7

My first thought. edbermac Oct 2022 #9

Which does not prove anything. delisen Oct 2022 #11

Hysteria about fluoride was promoted by the John Birch Society in the 1950s. yardwork Oct 2022 #15

Thanks for your response.Yes I am very familiar with the history delisen Oct 2022 #20

I do not. I lived in an area where there was no fluoride. I had 7 or 8 cavity every time I saw Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #36

Portland, Oregon is one of the most liberal cities in the U.S. former9thward Oct 2022 #22

And many of them reject vaccines, too. Because they're entitled twits. yardwork Oct 2022 #23

Just because you are liberal doesn't mean you are wrong about somethings. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #37

I mentioned Portland because some think the fluoridation issue is a right wing conspiracy. former9thward Oct 2022 #40

I think Portland aside it is more on the right...the studies for example. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #41

97/98 per cent of continental Europe doesn't do artificial water fluoridation, many nations banned Celerity Oct 2022 #18

I was thinking about this when I read OP LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #39

Those of you who think that fluoride is a good thing might want to familiarize yourselves with . . . wackadoo wabbit Oct 2022 #8

Thank you for bringing facts to the discussion. nt delisen Oct 2022 #12

There are no facts in those excerpts. One of them doesn't even have a source. yardwork Oct 2022 #17

Pomeranian Medical University re Fluoride & Alzheimer's delisen Oct 2022 #26

Ok. I laughed out loud. Thanks for the laugh, yardwork Oct 2022 #28

Don't understand your laughter. delisen Oct 2022 #34

No, they should not be posting this reasearch IMHO. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #38

The International Journal of Molecular Sciences is a respected, peer-reviewed journal wackadoo wabbit Oct 2022 #45

The paper itself is behind a paywall, but it is available on SciHub wackadoo wabbit Oct 2022 #43

This is absolute crap. Delete this. yardwork Oct 2022 #14

Just like some pharmacy people - do your fucking job. JanMichael Oct 2022 #19

Purity of Essence Dirty Socialist Oct 2022 #21

It occurs to me that since the 50s - 70s, Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #27

We shouldn't be encouraging people to drink bottled water because of the plastic waste. meadowlander Oct 2022 #30

How could it end badly if you Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #32

Not to mention the hormone disrupters in plastic bedazzled Oct 2022 #46

Prescription fluoride supplement. moondust Oct 2022 #31

China has banned fluoridating water supplies. delisen Oct 2022 #35

Soon to be former water superintendent I sure hope. mahina Oct 2022 #44